Mastering Azure Repos

In this Mastering Azure Repos training class, students will learn to work with Git repositories that enable better collaboration and cleaner code. To maximize learning, students will work in teams, in a common team project, on a common codebase.

This course is appropriate for all software developers who are using or considering using Azure Repos for Git version control.

Goals

Work with Azure repos.

Learn about Git concepts.

Learn about Visual Studio integration.

Learn a wide range of advanced concepts.

Outline

Azure Repos

Azure DevOps overview

Azure Repos overview

Public vs. private repos

Creating, configuring, and securing repos

Hands-on

Git Concepts

DVCS concepts and Git overview

Using Git from the command line

Creating/cloning a repository (git init)

Git commit and history

Basic Git workflows

Git for Windows

Hands-on

Visual Studio Integration

Visual Studio Integration

Connecting-to and cloning a repository

Basic Git workflows revisited

Associating comments and work items

Ignoring files when committing

Visual Studio Code Integration

Hands-on

Working with Azure Repos

Reviewing and editing commit history

Comparing changes (git blame)

Moving and renaming files

Reverting to previous versions

Tagging

Branching and merging

Reverting changes

Pull requests and code review

Rebasing

Merging vs. Rebasing

Hands-on

Advanced Concepts

Resetting, Checking Out, and Reverting

Rewriting history

Git Log and Reflog

Forking

Git Hooks and Git extensions

Branch policies

Integration with GitHub

Workflows (Git Flow, GitHub Flow)

Virtual File System for Git (VFS)

Hands-on

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this Azure DevOps Services class:

Experience with version control is recommended.

Experience in the following would be useful for this Azure DevOps Services class:

Experience with Git, Visual Studio, and C# are also helpful, but not required.